Clothes-line attachment



(No Model.)

M. DENISE.

CLOTHES LINE ATTAOHMENT. I No. 403,332. Patented May 14, 1889.v

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MARTHA DENISE, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

CLOTH ES-LI N E ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,332, dated May I4,1889.

Application filed November 15, 1888- Serial No. 290,956. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAR HA DENISE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-LineAttachments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing, making a part of this specification, and to the lettersand figures of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide an attachment toclothes-lines whereby the hanging of small articlessuch as collars,cuffs, handkerchiefs, hose, and the likeis rendered more convenient andexpeditious; and the invention consists in a strip of cloth or otherlike material of suitable length and width and provided with a series ofhooks for attaching the articles thereto and means for securing saidstrip to the clothes-line, as will hereinafter be described.

In the accompanying drawing, which represents a perspective view of myinvention, showing it applied to a clothes-line, A designates the line,of the usual construction, and B the strip of cloth or other materialand having fastened thereto a number'of hooks, a, of any preferred orwell known construction. The strip B may be of any desirable length andany number of hooks may be used, which are placed at a convenientdistance apart and fastened to the strip by any well known means.

Any preferred means may be employed for securing the strip B to theclothes-line; but that shown I consider the most simple and practical,viz: bands I) of cloth sewed or otherwise secured to the strip atsuitable distances apart and of such length as to pass over the line, asshown, and held thereon by the ordinary clothes-pin, 0.

After the articles are washed, the strip can be taken in the lap andsupplied with said articles by engaging them with the hooks throughoutthe length of the strip and afterward fastening the strip to theclothes-line by the ordinary clothes-pin, which can be done veryquickly. Especially is this an advantage when the weather is cold, as itavoids the necessity of remaining out of doors any great length of time.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

An attachment to clothes-lines, consisting of a strip of flexiblematerial provided with hooks which are connected thereto at suitabledistances apart throughout the lengthof said strip, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

, MARTHA D NISE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE HENRY LANE, GEORGE RAY DENISE.

